Early Careers Partner
Salary: Circa £45,000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)
We offer a wide range of benefits including private healthcare, a Virtual GP service for you and your household, and a generous pension scheme where we double-match your contributions up to 7%, giving you an 21% combined contribution.
Location: Huntingdon, Peterborough or Lincoln, with regular travel across the full Anglian Water region to support the Early Careers Team where required.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week). We offer flexible working opportunities, including consideration for part-time working.
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At Anglian Water, our values are simple: together, we build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring.
We're looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Early Careers Partner to help shape the next generation of talent across our business. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring Anglian Water has a strong and sustainable pipeline of future skills, talent and leadership capability.
You'll create outstanding experiences for our early careers colleagues including our apprentices and graduates, helping them thrive in a learning environment that reflects our values, supports personal growth and encourages long-term career success.
Whether you've built your career in early careers recruitment, early careers programme management, talent development or a broader learning environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note: This role will require regular travel across the Anglian Water region to support colleagues, partner organisations, educational providers and recruitment activities.
The Role
The Early Careers Partner plays a key role in supporting Early Careers colleagues across Anglian Water and our Alliances, acting as a trusted partner throughout their learning journey.
You'll be responsible for creating an outstanding learner experience by providing support, monitoring progress and performance, and ensuring colleagues have the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to succeed. Working closely with line managers, mentors, learning providers, colleges and our wider People team to ensure we have effective support in place, you'll help identify risks and opportunities to guarantee our early careers colleagues have the best possible experience.
Please note that regular travel across the Anglian Water region will be required to support learners, managers, learning providers and other Early Careers activities.
What You'll Be Doing
Acting as the key point of contact for apprentices and graduates throughout their programme
Providing support and guidance to help learners thrive and succeed
Monitoring learner progress, engagement and performance, identifying and addressing risks early
Working closely with line managers, learning providers and colleges to deliver a positive learner experience
Supporting learners through key programme milestones, including gateways and End Point Assessments (EPAs)
Building strong relationships with colleges, universities and training providers
Partnering with business leaders and HR colleagues to develop future talent pipelines
Supporting attraction activities, careers and selection events and employer brand initiatives across the region
Maintaining programme governance, learner data and reporting to measure success and drive improvement
What We're Looking For
Experience within Early Careers, Apprenticeships, Talent, Learning & Development or a related field is preferred
A passion for supporting people to learn, develop and achieve their potential
Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
Knowledge of apprenticeship programmes, learning providers or educational partnerships
Confidence managing multiple priorities and supporting learners through challenges
Proactivity, strong organisational skills and an ability to identify and solve problems before they escalate
Committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can succeed
Full UK Manual Driving licence
Why Join Us?
As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:
Competitive pension scheme with double-matched contributions up to 7%
Private healthcare for your peace of mind
Annual bonus scheme
Virtual GP service for you and your household
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
Life cover worth 8x your salary
Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full maternity/adoption pay and enhanced paternity/partner leave
Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.
Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network.
Ready to dive in?
Apply now and show us what drives your passion for developing future talent. We'd love to hear about your experience, what excites you about creating opportunities for others, and how you'll help shape the future workforce at Anglian Water.
Closing date: Sunday 16th August
Interview date/s: Week commencing 24th August
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Skills Required
- Experience within Early Careers, Apprenticeships, Talent, Learning & Development or related field
- Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of apprenticeship programmes, learning providers or educational partnerships
- Ability to monitor learner progress, identify risks and support interventions
- Experience supporting learners through milestones including gateways and End Point Assessments (EPAs)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, strong organisational and problem-solving skills
- Commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive environment
- Full UK Manual Driving licence
What We Do
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is the nation's largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, providing distribution, marketing, and development services.
